Portuguese Wood Pellets Market: Organization, Production and Consumption Analysis

Nunes, Leonel J. R.; Casau, Margarida; Dias, Marta Ferreira

doi:10.3390/resources10120130

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“…As Portugal is a country with abundant forest resources, the option of using biomass to generate electricity seems straightforward and clear [18,19]. As demonstrated in the last Land Cover and Use Map (COS 2018), published for mainland Portugal (http://www.…”

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Assessment of Woody Residual Biomass Generation Capacity in the Central Region of Portugal: Analysis of the Power Production Potential

Nunes

Casau

Matias

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Biomass is an alternative energy source with high potential to contribute to the global energy mix and to countries’ energetic independence. The case of Portugal is particularly relevant, given its biomass availability. Thus, the quantification of woody residual biomass is assumed to be urgent. To achieve the objective of quantifying residual woody biomass, various available data were used, namely the Land Cover and Soil Use Map (COS 2018), from which areas occupied by different categories were selected as being the most relevant. Then, based on coefficients previously established, the amounts of residual woody biomass were determined, namely for maritime pine forests, eucalyptus forests, scrubland, vineyards, olive groves, and orchards. Then, the potential for generating electricity was estimated. It was found that for the hypothetical scenario of the total conversion of the recently closed Pêgo coal power plant to biomass, the available amounts of residual woody biomass in the country would not be sufficient to ensure the operation. On the other hand, if the power plant only worked as a backup unit, the available quantities could ensure its operation and contribute to creating a value chain for residual woody biomass of forest and agricultural origin within a circular economy and sustainable development approach.

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Assessment of Woody Residual Biomass Generation Capacity in the Central Region of Portugal: Analysis of the Power Production Potential

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Casau

Matias

et al. 2022

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“…Collection of firm-level information was essential to describe drivers, perceptions, and consequences of prevailing conditions in the industry, especially given the limitations identified with published statistical and market data. Other studies have followed a similar approach, using surveys [43] or interviews [44] to collect information directly from wood pellet producers on their operations, including feedstock sourcing practices. With the assistance of the Wood Pellet Association of Canada (WPAC), the majority of operating domestic wood pellet manufacturers (informally referred to as mills) were invited to participate in a two-part survey on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their operations.…”

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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Biomass Supply Chains: The Case of the Canadian Wood Pellet Industry

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The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted global economic activity in all sectors, including forest industries. Changes in demand for forest products in North America over the course of the pandemic have affected both primary processors and downstream industries reliant on residues, including wood pellet producers. Wood pellets have become an internationally traded good, mostly as a substitute for coal in electricity generation, with a significant proportion of the global supply coming from Canadian producers. To determine the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Canadian wood pellet industry, economic and market data were evaluated, in parallel with a survey of Canadian manufacturers on their experiences during the first three waves of the pandemic (March 2020 to September 2021). Overall, the impact of the pandemic on the Canadian wood pellet industry was relatively small, as prices, exports, and production remained stable. Survey respondents noted some negative impacts, mostly in the first months of the pandemic, but the quick recovery of lumber production helped to reduce the impact on wood pellet producers and ensured a stable feedstock supply. The pandemic did exacerbate certain pre-existing issues, such as access to transportation services and labour availability, which were still a concern for the industry at the end of the third wave in Canada. These results suggest that the Canadian wood pellet industry was resilient to disruptions caused by the pandemic and was able to manage the negative effects it faced. This is likely because of the integrated nature of the forest sector, the industry’s reliance on long-term supply contracts, and feedstock flexibility, in addition to producers and end-users both being providers of essential services.

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“…Fossil fuels are replaced by pellets of renewable materials fig. 1., mainly sawdust, which do not produce greenhouse gases by combustion [1]. In areas where it is not possible to connect to the gas network, central heating can be done with the help of heat pumps, electric plants, wood, coal and, last but not least, pellet plants.…”

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Contributions to the Use of Corn Instead of Sawdust Pellets at Small Power Domestic Boiler with Pellets

Albu

Pop

NuȚiu

et al. 2023

Acta Marisiensis. Seria Technologica

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The aim of the work is to study the possibility of replacing wood sawdust pellets with grain at the heating systems. Due to the energy crisis experienced in the winter of 2022-2023, when the price of used pellets increased by 300% compared to the previous year, when in some periods wooden pallets disappeared from commerce, the study of the replacement of the energy sources with which the small power domestic boiler were designed to operate on wooden pellets is justified. It is known that corn has a high calorific value. Due to this fact in the present work the possibility of using corn and the effects of its use on boiler with pellets that do not have in the specifications the fact that they can also work with any granular biomass are studied.

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Portuguese Wood Pellets Market: Organization, Production and Consumption Analysis

Cited by 6 publications

References 41 publications

Assessment of Woody Residual Biomass Generation Capacity in the Central Region of Portugal: Analysis of the Power Production Potential

Assessment of Woody Residual Biomass Generation Capacity in the Central Region of Portugal: Analysis of the Power Production Potential

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Biomass Supply Chains: The Case of the Canadian Wood Pellet Industry

Contributions to the Use of Corn Instead of Sawdust Pellets at Small Power Domestic Boiler with Pellets

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